Smart Quotes - Page 26

• Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

  Lisa Scottoline

  Book, People, Knows

  Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella (2010). “My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman”, p.135, Macmillan

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• I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each other intelligent...Smart and wise people who score low on IQ tests, or patently intellectually defective ones, like the former U.S. president George W. Bush, who score high on them (130), are testing the test and not the reverse.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Wise, School, Intelligent

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• Really, The smart thing to do was to stop dating and get a cat.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Cat, Dating, Things To Do

  Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Faking It”, p.420, Macmillan

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• There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

  J. K. Rowling

  Freedom Of Speech, Mouths, Pink Panther

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• If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

  David Levithan

  Believe, People, Ifs

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• He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.

  Veronica Roth

  Sweet, Strong, Brave

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• I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—

  Ned Vizzini

  Girl, I Like You, Cutting

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• I am so sick of you smart kids. Why can't you just boost cars or steal stuff like normal kids?' 'We do steal stuff. Just bigger stuff.

  Eoin Colfer

  Kids, Sick, Car

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• "You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.

  John Green

  Compliment, Said

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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• You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent. I'm afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim. You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.

  Adeline Yen Mah

  Independent, Home, People

  Adeline Yen Mah (1997). “Falling leaves return to their roots”, Penguin Books Ltd

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• He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous.

  Rick Riordan

  Winter, Expression, Ideas

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• No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

  Mitch Albom

  Matter, Fragile, Core

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• Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart. Never. Ever. 'You can come down the evolutionary ladder,' Chon has observed to Ben and O; 'you can't climb up.

  Don Winslow

  Stupid, People, Ladders

  Don Winslow (2012). “The Kings of Cool: A Prequel to Savages”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• I was asked once,'your a smart man,why arnt you rich?I replied 'your a rich man,why arnt you smart?

  Jacque Fresco

  Men, Rich, Smart Man

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• Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.

  Terry Pratchett

  Differences, Noise, Significant

  Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (2012). “The Long Earth: (Long Earth 1)”, p.72, Random House

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• Right now, scientists are in exactly the same position as Renaissance painters, commissioned to make the portrait the patron wants done, And if they are smart, they'll make sure their work subtly flatters the patron. Not overtly. Subtly.

  Michael Crichton

  Portraits, Done, Renaissance

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• I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting for the other team, I’d marry you.” He grinned. “If I weren’t batting for the other team, I would accept your proposal. You had me at ‘No comment.’ If all my clients were this smart, my life would be much easier. Much, much easier.

  Ilona Andrews

  Team, Would Be, Clients

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.133, Penguin

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• Fang? Are you- like Max?" asked Dr. Martinez. "Nope,"he said, sounding bored. "I'm the smart one." I resisted the urge to kick him in the shin.

  James Patterson

  Bored, Drs, Max

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• You may be smart, but I've been smart longer.

  John Green

  Hipster, May, Being Smart

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.32, Penguin

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• Do you feel insecure because you keep getting the nagging feeling that you're not that smart? Well, I've got good news for you, my friend. You have no need to be insecure. That nagging feeling is absolutely right on target. You are not that smart. But I have more good news for you. You are also not alone.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Insecure, Feelings, Needs

  Ellen DeGeneres (2003). “The Funny Thing Is...”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• Stupid people go to college but"smart people own them".

  Chetan Bhagat

  Stupid, College, People

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• Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.

  Jim Butcher

  Stupid, Camels, Sometimes

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• So we have giant super-smart vipers who slithered in here, killed our people, opened the vault, stole something from it, and slithered out, undetected?” “Appears so.” “Okay. Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something dangerous.

  Ilona Andrews

  People, Giants, Vipers

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.28, Penguin

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• Humans. Sometimes they make chimps look smart.

  Katherine Applegate

  Looks, Sometimes, Humans

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• you're smart, pretty, and you aren't a douche purse.

  Gena Showalter

  Purses, Douches

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.230, Harlequin

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